19) Модальные глаголы Задание 19.1. Переведите предложения на русский язык и объясните употребление модального глагола can.

1. I am sorry you won’t let me look at the picture once again. But that can’t be helped.

2. These words were unexpected for me, so what could I do or say?

3. I could not possibly let him tell Mother what he really thought of her.

4. “Well, as soon as you are dry, you shall be varnished and framed, and sent home. Then you can do what you like with yourself.”

5. My head was still dizzy, my sight was dim, and my limbs were feeble; I could not soon recover myself.

6. You can’t have forgotten that youassured me most solemnly that nothing in the world would induce you to send it to any exhibition. (O.Wilde)

7. I wish Icould belive you were lying : Iwish it more now than ever ; since even you cannot explain this mystery to me. (O.Wilde)

8.I canot explanet it to you but I have a subtle premonition of something

terrible that is in store for us all

9.Can it be that Jonathan betrayed her feelings, her devotion , her affection towards the best in his nature?

10.There can have taken place a miracle, for how , otherwise , would they be able to get through it all? How can they have forgotten the hostiliti

separating them for decades?

11. Agnes left a couple of minutes ago and if you had come earlier, you could have caught her.

12. You could have said at last that you did not agree with them. They don’t know him as intimately as you do : you are his brother.

13.Can she have misplaced the jewels ? by all means it is a good idea to warn the police about their loss.

Задание 19.2. Раскройте скобки употрибив необходимую форму глагола и модальный глагол can или could.

1. … this letter (to write ) by Rodger a week ago ? When I saw him last, he did not even mention it to me.

2. Going to a picnic was a great pleasure for everybody; for the ladies …( to talk ) over all there house old problems,the gentlemen…( to discuss) politics without their famely interfering and the children and dogs …(to do ) whatever they liked.

3. How… you (to trust ) this man who has already caused so mush trouble to your fameli by just his presence here ?

4. Your answering machine has spoilt the last recording.I…(not to recognize ) the voice though it seemed fairly familiar.

5. … she already (to study )at the University? I remember her at the age of five ; she was the most amusing child I have ever seen.

6. I ve know him for already fiften years and I am perfectly certain that he… ( not to maan ) that.You … (to misunderstand )him or vice versa.

7. here you are at last ! You … (to came ) earlier : you were informed that I was ill.

8. There is little wonder that he has been imprisoned. I have always suspected that he… even (to murder )someone , to say noting about pilfering.

9. why did not you ask me to halp with your business ? I… ( to do ) something to save your money.

10. … it ( to be ) true that no one knew about the mine there ? The whole boarde … (not to miss ) the information note that had come frome our partner there.